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I’m sure y’all have seen this sample pair of Nike Dunk SB Ben & Jerry’s floating around the last couple of days - from @covrt . I love seeing stuff like this. I love seeing what could have been. I lo

Nike
Sample
SB Dunk

(2/2) Nike in the metaverse (post-RTFKT announcement)

Adidas
Air Force 1
Nike
PE
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You’re really only a true sneaker nerd if you know what these are…Even MJ (the other one) rocked ‘em. Nike Tailwind Night Track NRG SAMPLES. Copped these the other day for DUMB cheap: $140. There’s

Nike
PE
Sample

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They finally came through…I’ve always wondered about this pair - this @cdgcdgcdg x @nike boxing boot x high heel. With a sample tag… It’s just such a strange shoe…and I don’t totally get the CDG thi

Nike
Sample

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I think @nikestories posted these other day on his outlet trip and it was the first time ever seeing this pair for a lot of people. Not long after, a pretty serious Penny sample collector hit me in

Nike
PE
Sample

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So you might be wondering where all of this ‘sample talk’ is going…it’s leading to this dude @nearjigsaw reaching out to me with a predicament - he’s been trying to sell a Jordan 1 Frag ‘sample’…which

Air Jordan 1
Nike
PE
Sample

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So if I’m a fake manufacturer and I’m perfecting my craft on GR’s or even semi-limited stuff…why wouldn’t I just perfect my craft on SUPER limited stuff? Why wouldn’t I just perfect my craft on pairs

Air Jordan 1
PE
Retail
Sample

Sacrilegious samples?

Instagram Substack

Sacrilegious samples?

Adidas
Air Jordan 1
Nike
PE
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So, for me, initially, samples were easy to authenticate. Are they a shoe that hasn’t been released before? Do they have a sample tag? Do the fonts match? Is the source of this pair reliable? I really

Nike
PE
Retail
Sample
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One of the toughest ‘legit check’ requests I get on a semi-regular basis is an authentication regarding a sample shoe. When I first started doing legit checks for people I actually kinda liked doing s

Adidas
Nike
PE
Promo
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Uuhhhhh… please no. I don’t know if these are legit or customs or samples or whatever but please just no.

Sample

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Lookin like a cross between its predecessor and the final iteration, anyone have any guesses on what this is an early model of? It’s a Jordan signature model sample in case you were wondering… The la

Sample

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So where are the shoes? We have a handful of our designs done and are currently working with a couple of manufacturers to put our samples on the table… I tell y’all one thing - never in a million ye

Sample

Behind the Bored-N-Ciaga sock runners

Instagram Substack

Behind the Bored-N-Ciaga sock runners

Air Force 1
Basketball
PE
Promo
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Every once in a while I catch someone in their element doing their thing and I just marvel at their talent. Obviously sports stars and musicians fall in that realm, but coders and digital artists have

Sample

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It started with this dude @voidequipment reaching out to me about a year and a half ago…he told me he really liked my outlook on sneakers and he told me he was going to be creating his own pair that h

PE
Sample

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A rarity. A perfect 10/10 on a SAMPLE. Feeling cute might delete later.

PE
Sample

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While the sneaker world fights over the crumbs Nike decided to bequeath them with every Saturday morning, I’m more bummed I forgot to bid on the auction for these sample Lunar TR1’s - a super comforta

Nike
Sample

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Found these in my size within a week of each other at about $40/each… To me, both look like Adidas or Reebok bootlegs - out of the 2 which would u rather have? The @supremenewyork x Nike or the Sampl

Adidas
Nike
Reebok
Sample

What's in a New Year's resolution?

Air Jordan 1
Air Max 97
Nike
PE
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Dearest eBay...

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Air Force 1
Air Max 95
Basketball
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Almost there. I’d say when it comes to DS shoes I’ve graded more 8.5’s and 9’s than 9.5’s…kind of surprises me when those who submit doesn’t understand the concept that not all DS shoes are 10/10’s…

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The other day someone asked me for something I graded as a perfect 10 and here’s the first example...some Jordan VI Infrareds from 2018/19 (of which I’ve seen quite a few messed up pairs). Typical pro

PE
Sample

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I feel like these Gatorade 1’s would have done so much better as semi-recognizable colorways than they did as monotone colorways... Saw plenty of these at the outlets in the $40 range a few years bac

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